Sharon Osbourne has ferociously joined her husband Ozzy Osbourne in the copyright row against Kanye West.
The drama began after the 46-year-old rapper held a listening party on Thursday (February 8) night at Chicago’s United Center to celebrate his upcoming album and single release: 'Talking / Once Again', which features Ty Dolla $ign and Ye's 10-year-old daughter North.
West played 12 songs from his newest album Vultures 1, which dropped earlier today (February 10).
Following the listening party, rock legend Ozzy took to X (formerly Twitter) to call out the controversial musician for using an unauthorized sample of a Black Sabbath song. Check out Osbourne's tweet below:
In the scathing message, Osbourne wrote: "KANYE WEST ASKED PERMISSION TO SAMPLE A SECTION OF A 1983 LIVE PERFORMANCE OF “IRON MAN” FROM THE US FESTIVAL WITHOUT VOCALS.
"[HE] wWAS REFUSED PERMISSION BECAUSE HE IS AN ANTISEMITE AND HAS CAUSED UNTOLD HEARTACHE TO MANY," the singer continued. "HE WENT AHEAD AND USED THE SAMPLE ANYWAY AT HIS ALBUM LISTENING PARTY LAST NIGHT. I WANT NO ASSOCIATION WITH THIS MAN!"
According to leaked audios shared on the social media platform, the 'Iron Man' guitar riff appears in the 'Gold Digger' rapper's unreleased song 'Carnival'. Another clip from the Chicago event also included the sample - which can be seen in this video.
The rocker's wife and manager - whose father Don Arden was Jewish - made her fury towards West clear when she shared a post on X captioned: "Welcome to the Carnival @kanyewest #permissionnotgranted #ironman."
The post was accompanied by the viral "Hello... That's my F***ing song" bit featuring Dave Grohl and Lionel Richie, in which Lionel criticized Grohl for stealing his song 'Hello'.
"Hello, Dave. We all have writer's block, you know? But that's my f******g song," Lionel says to Dave. "That's my f******g song. You understand what I'm saying? I like that song - no no no I love that song. It's one of my favorite songs. I love singing that song. I love that song. Get your own song nerd."
Instead, the former TV personality - or someone on her team- edited the clip so that the rapper's name overtopped Dave's and her husband's name repleaced Lionel's.
In addition to this, the mother-of-three also savagely told TMZ that West "f***ed with the wrong Jew this time", and explained a cease and desist letter had been sent to him.
She clarified that the 'DONDA' rapper's team asked for permission to use the sample three weeks ago, however, her husband - who normally approves such requests - responded with a firm "absolutely not".
Sharon explained to the publication that West "represents hate," and that he's a "disrespectful antisemite," therefore Osbourne had a "special f***ing occasion to say no".
After reiterating that the Osbourne family wants nothing to do with the rapper, she added: "The motherf***er's a pig."
The Grammy-winning rapper has a documented history of antisemitism and lost out on several partnership deals after going on an explosive anti-semitic rant during an interview with Alex Jones in December 2022.
His single, 'Vulture' - from his forthcoming album Vultures 1 - was heavily slammed by Jewish organizations over the offensive lyrics: "How am I anti-Semitic? I just f***ed a Jewish b****."
The lyrics were condemned by the American Jewish Committee, who told TMZ at the time: "To fuel the flames of antisemitism and promote such bile to his millions of followers, especially at this fraught and dangerous time for the Jewish community, is unforgivable."
Spokesman Richard Hirschhaut shared that while West's comments were unsurprising given his previous antisemitic remarks, this latest scandal "seems particularly pathetic and sad".
The Anti-Defamation League also joined the objection, telling the outlet: "At a time of rising antisemitism worldwide, it’s disgusting to see Kanye once again use his platform to spew Jew hatred."
